Investigations of recently cracked concretions from the Carboniferous Montceau-les-Mines, France, Lagerstätte led to the recognition of two new malacostracan Crustacea: a palaeophreatoicid isopod, Sottyella montcellensis n. g., n. sp., and a gorgonophontid stomatopod, Chabardella spinosa n. g., n. sp. The occurrence of the palaeophreatoicid isopod Palaeocrangon is discussed, and a new specimen of the syncarid Palaeocaris secretanae allows us to clarify some of its morphological characters. The recognition of these taxa increases the faunal inventory of malacostracans in the Montceau-les-Mines Lagerstätte.
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1 July 2009
New Malacostracan Crustacea from the Carboniferous (Stephanian) Lagerstätte of Montceau-les-Mines, France
Patrick R. Racheboeuf,
Frederick R. Schram,
Muriel Vidal
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Journal of Paleontology
Vol. 83 • No. 4
July 2009
Vol. 83 • No. 4
July 2009